Laus matutina - Stainer, John

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⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Hymns

♯ Key C major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 16

Texture mixed texture

Parts 2

Instruments Keyboard

Pages 1

CPDL # 15582

Editor John Henry Fowler

Posted 2007-12-01

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

B3 – F5

G2 – F4

¶Lyrics / Text

::::''1.'' :Now, when the dusky shades of night, retreating :Before the sun’s red banner, swiftly flee; :Now, when the terrors of the dark are fleeting, :O Lord, we lift our thankful hearts to Thee. ::::''2.'' :To Thee, whose Word, the fount of light unsealing, :When hill and dale in thickest darkness lay, :Awoke bright rays across the dim earth stealing, :And bade the even and morn complete the day. ::::''3.'' :Look from the tower of heaven, and send to cheer us, :Thy light and truth, to guide us onward still; :Still let Thy mercy, as of old, be near us, :And lead us safely to Thy holy hill. ::::''4.'' :In vain to labor, unless Thou be with him, :Man goeth forth through all the weary day; :In vain his strife, in vain his toil unceasing, :Unless Thy staff bring comfort on his way. ::::''5.'' :Thou, who hast made the north and south, watch o’er us; :Thou, in Whose Name the lonely ones rejoice, :Still let Thy cloudy pillar glide before us, :Still let us listen for Thy warning voice. ::::''6.'' :So, when the morn of endless light is waking, :And shades of evil from its splendors flee, :Safe may we rise, the earth’s dark breast forsaking, :Through all the long bright day to dwell with Thee. '''Lyrics: G''' regory I (540-604) (''Ecce jam noctis tenuatur umbra''). The translation below, which appeared anonymously in Hedge and Huntington’s ''Hymns for the Church of Christ'' (Boston, Massachusetts: 1853).